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NEW CATORCE 

GOLD & SILVER MINE. 

3600 FEET LONG BY 110 TO 200 FEET WIDE, 

BEIiONQING TO THE 

BRADSHAW GOLD & SEVER MINING GO. 

Of Arizonia, in Inyo District, California. 

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PRESIDENT, 

Hon. GREEN ADAMS. 

VICE PRESIDENT, 

F. J. FITHIAN, of New York City. 

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SECRETARY & TREASURER, pro tem. 

0. H. P. CONOVER, of Philadelphia. 


BOARD OP DIRECTORS, 

Hon. GREEN ADAMS, Philadelphia 
F. J. FITHIAN, Esq, 110 Broadway, N. Y. City. 
JOHN Q. ADAMS, 78 Leonard Street, “ “ 

JOHN J. ANDERSON, Esq , Brooklyn. “ " 

MYRON H STRONG, Esq., 82 Broadway, N. Y. 
WM. P. CONOVER, 524 Marklt St., Philadelphia. 
HARVEY BALDWIN, 70 Broadway, N. Y. 

W. O. STODDARD, Arizona. 





TS^orking Cash. Capital, <$>200,000 


Cost of out fit, in train men and materials for the 
Willing Mining and Exploring Expedition, sink¬ 
ing shafts, raising and preparing ores, with the 
incidental expenses in organizing and perfecting 
the present Company, ------ $200,000 

50,400 feet upon rich lodes now owned by this Company. 
As much more to be confirmed to it so soon as mining districts are 
formed. 



PROSPECTUS 

OF THE PARENT COMPANY OF THE 


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The Association offer to the public 100,000 Shares of the 
Capital Stock of the parent company, for $4 00 per share, 
which entitles the holder to a proportionate interest in all sub¬ 
companies formed upon the property discovered, and entered or 
to be entered by the Company. 

For various practical reasons, the Company consider the mines 
in the Bradshaw District the most immediately available. This 
district is situated sixty-five miles southeasterly from Prescott, 
the capital of the Territory, and only one hundred and eighty 
miles from La Paz, on the Colorado Biver, (steamboat naviga¬ 
tion.) Work was commenced under the auspices of the present 
Superintendent, Dr. George M. Willing, in the fall of 1864. 
Seven shafts were sunk, from seven to one hundred and fifty 
feet in depth, and over 50,000 tons of good ore got out and in 
sight, most of which is within one mile of the mill-site owned 
by the Company. The cost of the work already done in this 
district is about $60,000, not including services of men or cost 
of the expedition. 

There is an abundance of timber in the vicinity—oak, pine and 
mesquit, for building, mining and other purposes. Water in 



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abundance is furnished by a living spring on the pertinencia of 
the Company. Inexhaustible supplies of salt, in a pure form, 
are found in quarries about twenty miles distant. The agri¬ 
cultural lands in the neighborhood are of excellent quality, and 
of sufficient extent. The Company also owns eighty acres of 
the District “ Town Site,” as laid out. The climate is mild and 
equable, showing few extremes of temperature. Work can be 
prosecuted during the entire year without interruption. The 
ores are of the different varieties common to our great mining 
regions, affording some exceptional ores of rare beauty and 
richness. The veins upon which work is now to be prosecuted, 
have yielded, thus far, $100 per ton in common arastras, and, 
with good machinery, better results are anticipated. 

The development, nature and local advantages of the property 
warrant the Company in asserting that a more advantageous 
opportunity for mining investment never was brought before the 
business community. 

The mines in the Bradshaw District are confined within a 
compact area of six and a half miles long and two and a half 
miles wide, almost an entire mass of veins, ranging from four feet 
to thirty feet wide, all gold and silver bearing veins. All have 
been thoroughly tested and proven. There is enough property 
in this one tract to make over 150 companies, and persons hold¬ 
ing stock in this Company will be entitled to their pro-rato pro¬ 
portion in all sub-companies formed on the Company’s property, 
free from expense to them, and not assessable. The Bradshaw 
Gold and Silver Mining Company owns, by deed of conveyance, 
all the property named in the Prospectus, the chain of title to 
which is perfect and incontestable. 

The accompanying abstract of title was prepared by Samuel 
Wakeling, Esq., Attorney at Law, No. 522 Walnut Street, 
Philadelphia: 

It is agreed between Dr. Willing, for himself and his associates, 
and the Bradshaw Company, that the subscribers furnishing the 


working cash capital, shall have the right to elect two-thirds of 
the Directors, and upon all questions affecting the management 
of the Company, to be voted upon by the stockholders, the 
working cash-capital stockholders shall be entitled to a two-thirds 
vote until they have been reimbursed by dividends the amount 
of their stock payments, or when Dr. Willing ceases to be the 
Mining Superintendent of the Company. 




SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY 

CONVEYED TO THE COMPANY. 

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In the Bradshaw Mining District, Yavapai Co ., Arizona . 




No. of Feet. 

Feet Width. 

1. 

The White Swan Lode. 

2,700 

8 

Ballanciano Shaft. 

2. 

The Great Forks Lodes, 

3,300 

30 

Shaft and Tunnel. 

3. 

The Uno Lode, 

3,000 

7 

Two Shafts. 

4. 

The Pagdon Lode, 

3,600 

8 


5. 

The Wigwam Lode, 

3,600 



6. 

The Great Eastern Lode, 

3,600 

51 

Shaft. 

7. 

The Greenwood Lode, 

3,900 

11 

Shaft. 

8. 

The Outside Lode, 

3,600 

4 

Shaft. 

9. 

The Hope Lode, 

3,900 

7 

Shaft. 

10. 

The Willing Lode, 

3,000 

41 


11. 

The Black Swan Lode, 

3,000 

6 


12. 

The Aztec Lode, 

3,600 

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40,800 Total No. of Feet. 


In the Inyo Mining District, California , Owens River . 

The Great New Catorce Gold and Silver Mine—from 110 to 
200 feet wide. Length of claim, 3,600 linear feet. Working 
yield, $41 in gold; silver, $72 per ton ($113.) Top rock across 





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the vein at the widest part. It is the southern outcrop of the 
great “ Comstock” Lode in Nevada, on which are situated the 
“ Gould & Curry,” “ Savnge,” and other well known mines. 
Work has been done on this lode to a sufficient extent to test it 
and to complete title, at an expense of over $10,000. 

In the Indian Springs Mining District. 

In the extreme southern part of Nevada Territory, the “ Louns- 
berry” Lode, 6,000 Linear feet. Average width of vein, 11 
feet. Very rich in gold and silver. 

In addition to the accompanying Schedule, other valuable dis¬ 
coveries made by the expedition, embracing upwards of 50,000 
feet of exceeding rich lodes, will be conveyed to the Company, 
so soon as the districts are formed, an agreement having been 
entered into between Dr. Willing and the Company to that 
effect. Dr. Willing has also consented, under satisfactory ar¬ 
rangements, to complete a mineral and geological survey of the 
Territory, under the auspices and for the benefit of the Company, 
so soon as the parent company is in successful operation. 


Mint of the United States, \ 
Assayers Office , Phila., March T th, 1866. / 

Result of the examination of five specimens of Ore from Ari- 
zon, ( belonging to the Bradshaw Gold and Silver Mining Com - 
pany.) 

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No. 1. Outside Lode. —Ferruginous Quartz—contains per 
ton of 2,000 pounds— 

Gold, ........ $368 00 

Silver,. 5 00 

Total, .... 

Fineness, 840 thousandths, about. 


$373 00 




$6,723 00 
101 00 


No. 2. Great Eastern Lode.— Per ton ore— 

Gold,. 

Silver,. 


Total, ... ... $6,824 00 

Fineness of the gold. 816 thousandths. 

No. 3. White Swan Lode. —Quartz, with iron and copper— 
per ton— 

Gold,.$2,522 00 

Silver, ...... 28 00 


Total,.$2,550 00 

Fineness, 860 gold. 

No. 4. Uno Lode.— Per ton— 

Gold,.- $1,935 00 

Silver, ....... 18 00 


Total, ...... $1,953 00 

Fineness, 888 thousandths. 

No. 5. Forks Lode.— Per ton— 

Gold, $778 00 

Silver, ........ 18 00 


Total, . . . . . . . $796 00 

No. 6. Greenwood Lode.— The lump weighs 958J grains, 
and contains (by specific gravity) $7 15 gold—equal to $52 40 
per pound of ore. 

J. R. FCKFELD, 

U. S. Mint Assayer. 






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Mint of the United States, ) 
July Ith, 1866. J 

Assay from the New Catorce Gold and Silver Mine, Owens 
River, California—“ Seventeen feet down:” a sulphide of cop¬ 
per, iron and silver, contains per ton of 2,000 pounds— 

Silver, $2,268 00 

Gold, ....... 934 00 


Total, . 


$3,202 00 

J. R. ECKFELD, 

Assayer U. S. Mint , Phila. 



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Extracts from the Report of the Hon. Coles Bashford , Sur¬ 
veyor-General of Arizona , to the General Land Office, be¬ 
fore it was, attached to New Mexico , under date af July 4 th, 
1864, says: 

“The mineral resources of the territory are beyond com- 
“ prehension.” 

“ It contains a belt of four hundred miles in length, coming 
“from the north and entering at the north-west, aud running 
“ diagonally through passes out at the south-east corner. It has 
“ many and extensive spurs along the Colorado, and at several 
“points along the eastern boundary.” “It is claimed by men 
“ of extensive mining experience, that wherever any section of 
“ this belt has been examined, it has been found that the metal¬ 
liferous veins are more numerous, better defined, and richer, 
“judging mostly from surface indications, than at any other 
“point where this gigantic vein has been cut.” 

“ Ancient furnaces, with pieces of slag, are found in various 
“places; and appearances indicate that mining was conducted 
“in the most primitive manner; and that when slight obstacles 
“ were encountered, the mine was abandoned for a new one. 
“ The metals usually found are gold, silver, copper, iron, and 
“lead.” * * * * “ I firmly believe, all things considered, 

“ this is the most valuable territory belonging to the United 
“ States.” 


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Extracts from the Report of Surveyor-Greneral John A. Clark 

to the G-eneral Land Office. 

Washington, D. C. 

* * * * “ I reached Prescott on the 8th of April, (1865.”) 

“ I remained at Prescott, and in that vicinity, seventeen days, 
“ themost of my time being occupied in examination of the mines.” 
* * * * “I visited many lodes of gold-bearing quartz, and 

“ of silver and copper ore, in the Hassayampa Quartz Mountain, 
“(Vulture ), Walker, and Turkey Creek, {Bradshaw,) mining 
“ districts; and have examined specimens of quartz and ores, 
“ taken from not less than fifty different localities. A majority 
“ of these specimens were gold-bearing quartz; many of them, 
“ upon being broken, exhibited gold, and others, when powdered 
“and washed, produced a good result of fine gold.” * 

“ In former letters and reports to your office, I have freely given 
“my opinion of the mineral wealth of Arizona.” 

“ In my late tour, I have had a better opportunity than ever 
“before of judging of the extent of these mineral resources, and 
“ am gratified in being able to say that I have nothing to retract 
“of all I have written upon the subject.” 

“ Labor, capital, and machinery are only required to be pro- 
“ perly applied to prove to the world that I have rather under- 
“ estimated than overstated the number and great richness of 
“ these mines.” 


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Letter from Hon. J. N. Goodwin , late Govenor of Arizona. 

Washington, D. C., 1 
11 th April , 1866. j 

0. H. P. Conover, Esq. 

My Dear Sir ,—In reply to your letter inquiring what I know 
of the mines of the Bradshaw Mining Company, I would say, 
that I am well acquainted with the mining district in which they 
are located, and with the general reputation and character of 
the lodes. They are large, well marked, having the gold very 
evenly distributed through the rock, and give every indication 
that they are true fissure veins. Many of them assay very richly 
in gold and silver—more or less silver. As they are developed 
I think the silver will increase—in some of them I think it will 
predominate. 

The formation in which the lodes are found is regular—and I 
think they will prove to be unbroken. This district has all the 
facilities for working mines. There is an abundance of wood 
and timber, and sufficient water for steam-machinery, and for 
all other mining purposes. 

The grazing is good throughout the year. This advantage 
can only be appreciated by one who has worked a mine, and who 
knows how many horses and mules are required to work a mine 
successfully. 

The mines are accessible. They are located about sixty-five 
miles from Prescott, which is the capital of the Territory. Pres¬ 
cott is about one hundred and fifty miles, by a good toll road, 
from a landing on the Colorado river, to which machinery can 
be shipped direct from San Francisco. 

This much reduces the expense of erecting machinery as com¬ 
pared with what it is in many of the mining Territories, when 
the freight of a mill is nearly or quite as much as the original 


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cost. Machinery for working gold-rock can be erected in Arizona 
at as little cost as in any one of the Territories. There is an 
impression that Arizona is a desert, containing good mines in its 
mountains, but with no agricultural resources. This is incorrect; 
there is enough arable land to supply a large population with 
breadstuff and cheap beef, as soon as the Indian troubles will 
make it safe to engage in farming and grazing. The hostility 
of the Indian has been the great obstacle to the development of 
this country ; and the crushing of the rebellion has placed enough 
troops at the disposal of the Government to make an end very 
speedily of this difficulty. 

I am, very respectfully, 

Your obliged servant, 

J. N. GOODWIN. 


Letter from the late Speaker of the House of Representatives 


of Arizona. 


Prescott, Arizona, ) 
November 10, 1865. j 

Dr. George M. Willing. 

Dear Sir ,—I cannot omit the opportunity of expressing my 
high appreciation of the services which you have rendered to 
Arizona in your explorations of the country, and your endeavors 
to develop its great and manifold resources. From a long ac¬ 
quaintance with your antecedents, I was led to expect great re¬ 
sults from your expedition ; and I am now highly gratified that 
you have met with the fullest success. The genuine veins of 
rich gold-bearing quartz which you have discovered in the Brad¬ 
shaw Mining District, will, from the specimens I have seen, yield 
a rich reward for your toil. I believe, in all confidence, that 



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gold enough can be extracted from them to pay the national 
debt, and enrich the country. 

With the highest wishes for your future prosperity, I bid you 
adieu, with the hope that you will not forget me in your corres¬ 
pondence. 

Your friend, truly, 

W. CLAUDE JONES, 

Speaker House of Representatives , Arizona. 


Letter from Hon. J. M. Edmunds , late Commissioner of tlie 

Gieneral Land Office. 

Washington, D. C. 

In reply to your oral inquiry relative to Dr. George M. Willing, 
I have the honor to state, after a three years’ acquaintance, and 
no little inquiry of others who have known him as an explorer, 
my mind has reached the conclusion that he is a most enterprising 
and enthusiastic explorer, and a good judge of all the geological 
indications which lead to the deposits of the precious metals. 

Information from other sources corroborate his reports of dis¬ 
coveries in Arizona. 

Very respectfully, 

Your obedient servant, 

J. M. EDMUNDS. 


Washington, D. C. 1 
Sept. 20th. 1866. j 

C. C. Dunn, Esq. 

My Dear Sir ,—In reply to your inquiries, I have to state that 
I have known Dr. George M. Willing, personally and intimately, 
for some seven or eight years, and have high confidence in his 
ability, energy, and enterprise, as a mineralogist and explorer. 




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I have much confidence that his discoveries in Arizona are 
immensely rich in the precious metals, and of incalculable value 
if properly worked. 

My faith in the great value of the property owned by the 
Bradshaw Company, is based not only upon information received 
from Dr, Willing, (in whose truth and integrity I have unlimited 
confidence,) but from other sources I consider reliable. 

I would refer you to Surveyor-General Clark, who has no 
interest in tne matter. 

Very respectfully yours, 

GREEN ADAMS. 


New York , Sept. 8th , 1865. 

C. C. Dunn, Esq., Philada. 

Dear Sir ,—At the request of Mr. J. E. Peyton, with whom I 
had some conversation this morning, I take the liberty of writ¬ 
ing you a line concerning Dr. George M. Willing. I have known 
him for many years previous to his trip to California, and can 
bear testimony to his good character as a man of truth and 
integrity; and all representations and statements made by him 
entitled to the highest credit. 

I can give no man any higher recommendation than I can 
him. 

Very respectfully, 

JOHN J. ANDERSON. 


Willington, Crump Valley, 0. T. 1 

Nov. 12th , 1864. J 

The undersigned, one of the members of the Willing Mining 
and Exploring Expedition, do hereby certify that I have been 
with the Expedition from the time it started from Stockton, 




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California, up to the present date, and that I have worked upon 
the new Catorce Ledge near San Carlos, Owens River, and that 
said vein crops on the south from the Monument, for a quarter 
of a mile, with a mean width of from eighty to one hundred 
feet, and north three quarters of a mile long, and same width as 
the south end. The indications are all the same, the ore being 
all alike on all the crop, and is pronounced by assayists to whom 
I have shown it, that it contains from sixty to seventy-five per 
cent, of silver ; and I believe it to be an extraordinary lode, of 
mammoth size. I have been a miner for eight years, and my 
experience would teach me to look upon the Catorce as one of 
the great mines of the age. 

R. B. LOYEJOY. 


The following table shows the practical results of gold and 
silver mining in Nevada, from official returns. 


Name of Company. 

No. of ft. 
in mine. 

Nominal 

Capital 

Total Work¬ 
ing Capital. 

Yield for three 
months , ending 
April , 1865. 

Yellow Jacket, 

1,200 

$1,200,000 

$300,000 

$720,107 

50 

Savage, 

800 

1,000,000 

108,000 

605,233 40 

Could k Curry, 

1,200 

2,400,000 

250,000 

447,183 

98 

C hollar, 

1,400 

4,480,000 

448,000 

440,000 

00 

Belcher, 

1,040 

3,120,000 

21,008 

314,130 

31 

Potosi, 

1,400 

1,400,000 

86,300 

308,120 

82 

Imperial, 

184 

2,000,000 

49,080 

201,344 

55 

Empire, 

T5 

999,000 

none 

119,208 

49 

Confidence, 

180 

780,000 

not rep’t’d 80,042 

10 

Ophir, 

1,400 

5,040,000 

u 

57,713 

20 

Bacon, 

45 

720,000 

u 

41,989 

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55,568 

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There are upon the Comstock Lode forty-six (46) claims, con¬ 
taining in the aggregate 22,258 linear feet, which sell at prices 
ranging from $500 to $1,500, and some as high as 6000, per 
foot. The cash value at this time is not less than $50,000,000. 

When such results are produced from the Comstock Lode in 
Nevada, what may be expected from the mines of the Bradshaw 
Company, which are larger in area and richer in metal, and 
instead of being owned by forty six different companies, belong 
exclusively to the parent Company ? 


The foregoing Prospectus has been carefully revised and 
adopted by the Board of Directors. 

O. H. P. CONOVER, 

Secretary . 


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MINERAL LANDS 


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Situate in the Bradshaw mining District, Yavapai 
County , in the Territory of Arizona, 


IN THE PROBATE COURT JUDICATURE OF MINES, 

Yavapai County, Territory of Arizona. 

In the matter of the application of the claimants , The Willing Mining 
and Exploring Expedition Company. 

William Allen, Joseph Andrews, Green Adams, Lafayette Anderson, 

H. J Bagley, Samuel Black, Jacob S. Cohen, Charles Crump, M. 

Champion, Hiram O’Cannon, Thomas S. Fernon, M. Goldbaum, 

Wm. H. Haskill, William Little, R. B. Lovejoy. J. P. Lounsberry, 

Lewis Leland, Logan & Allen, George Lane, Wm. Murphy, F. A. Certified 

copy of pro- 

Massal, John C. Martin, William Iiunk, George K. Smith, A. P. ceedingspro- 
Shanks, Wm. IL. Stevens, Jno. H. Schenck, William 0. Stoddard, duced - 
Jno. Turner, George M. Willing and C. Willing, composing the 
Company aforesaid at the periods of the respective locations as 
hereinafter specified, Plaintiffs and Claimants. 

By proceedings in the said Conrt, it was found that the following 
named persons, members of the said Company, had discovered and 
located upon the following ledges and claims: 

1st. George M. Willing, Little, Smith, Turner, Crump, Lovejoy, 

Shanks, Lounsberry, Champion, Haskill, Allen, Cannon, Cohen, Bag- 



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ley, Stoddard. Leland, Massal, Logan & Allen, Murphy, Fernon and 
C. Willing discovered and located upon a ledge, twenty-two claims, 
which ledge or lode is known as the White Swan. 

2d. That George M Milling, Little, Smith, Turner, Crump, Love- 
joy, Shanks, Lousenberry, Champion, Haskill, Allen, Cannon, Bagley, 
Stoddard, Leland, Massal, Logan & Allen, C. Willing* Andrews, 
Adams, Fernon, discovered and located upon a ledge, twenty three 
claims, which ledge or lode is known as the Forks Lode. 

3d. That George M. Willing, Little, Smith, Turner, Lovejoy, Crump, 
Shanks, Lounsberry, Champion, Haskill, Allen, Cannon, Cohen, Bag- 
ley, Leland, Stoddard, Massal, Logan & Allen, C. Willing and Ander¬ 
son, discovered and located on a ledge, twenty-one claims, which 
ledge or lode is known as the Willing Lode. 

4th, That George M. Willing, Little, Smith, Turner, Crump, Love- 
joy, Shanks, Lounsberry, Champion, Allen, Haskill, Cannon, Cohen, 
Bagley, Leland, Stoddard, Massal, Logan & Allen, C. Willing and 
Andrews, discovered and located on a ledge, twenty-one claims, 
which said ledge or lode is known as the Black Swan. 

5th. That George M. Willing, Lovejoy, Crump, Smith, Lane, Tur¬ 
ner, Champion, Haskill, Lounsberry, Massal, Bagley, Stoddard, Co¬ 
hen, Leland, C. Willing, Andrews, Fernon, Shanks, Martin and 
Runk discovered and located on a ledge, twenty-one claims, which 
lode is known as the Uno Lode. 

6th. That George M. Willing, Lovejoy, Smith, Lane, Champion, 
Allen, Stoddard, Andrews, Fernon, Massal, Anderson, Schenck, Ste¬ 
vens, Martin, C. Willing, Bagley, Heskill, Lounsberry, Turner and 
Crump discovered and located twenty-one claims, which said ledge 
or lode is known as the Pagdon Lode. 

Also, twenty-one claims on the lode known as the Wigwam Lode. 

Also, twenty one claims on the ledge known as the Great Eastern 
Lode. 

Also, twentj-one claims on the ledge known as the Aztec Lode. 

Also, twenty one claims on the lode known as the Outside Lode. 

7th. That George M. Willing, Lovejoy, Smith, Champion, Allen, 
Stoddard. Andrews, Fernon, Massal, Anderson, Crump, Lounsberry, 
Haskill, Bagley, C. Willing, Martin, Stevens, Goldbaum, Black and 
Schenck discovered the ledges and locaton thereon claims as follows, 
to wit: 

Twenty-one claims on the lodge known as the Hope Lode. 

Also, twenty-one claims on the lode known as the Greenwood Lode. 


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Together with an auxiliary land claim, not exceeding 160 acres, 
with the running stream, &c. 


Wherefore, the premises considered, it was ordered, adjudged and 
decreed, that the said claimants have, in the respective instances, 
complied with the laws of said Territory respecting said claims and 
said auxiliary lands, relating to the denouncement and registration 
of mines, and have acquired a perfect title therein, as therein before 
respectively specified, and to all rights, privileges and franchises 
connected therewith, which said title shall continue perfect until the 
first day of January, A. D. 1868, and forever after, unless abandoned ; 
and the Clerk of the Court was thereby directed to make proper entry 
in the records of his office, this decree, that the same might be per¬ 
petuated forever. 

Given under the hand of 


Decree filed May 1, 1865, by 
F. G. Christie, 
Probate Clerk. 


HEZEKIAH BROOKS, 

Judge of Probate , 

April, 1865. 


Section 4 th of the Laws of the Bradshaw Mining District in the County 
of Yavapai, adopted September 14, 1864. 


“ It shall be the duty of the Recorder to keep a true and correct 
record of all mining lots and building sites, or lots or parcels of 
ground not enumerated herein, in a book set apart for that purpose. 
* * * * * He shall also, in person or by deputy, bound all 

mining claims or lots or parcels of ground, as set forth in these laws, 
and give to the claimant a certified copy of the same, on the payment 
of fees. He shall also be ex-officio Clerk of the Miner’s Court.” 


Certified 

transcript 

produced. 


The following named persons are entitled to claims, as appears 


below, and which have been confirmed by a decree of the Probate 
Court for and within Yavapai County, Territory of Arizonia, in the 


order they appear in the subjoined allotment of said claims, entered transcript of 
and recorded as the mining claims of the Willing Mining and Explo- from the re- 
ring Expedition, in the Bradshaw Mining District, in said County, ^Brad^ha^ 
under the act for the registration and adjudication of mines; the 
said claims numbering from the discovery and pre-emption, lots duced 




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north and south, alloting to each individual his separate claim as provided 
by the Bradshaw Mining Law, section 4th, to wit, the 


WHITE SWAN LODE. 


Geo. M. Willing, Locator. Discovery and Pre-emption Lot 600 Feet. 


Lots. 

South. 

Feet. 

Lots. 

North. 

Feet. 

No. 1. 

C. Willing, 

300 

No. 1. 

George K. Smith, 

300 

“ 2. 

W. 0. Stoddard, 

300 

“ 2. 

Charles Crump, 

300 

“ 3. 

William Little, 

300 

“ 3. 

M. Champion, 

300 




“ 4. 

John D. Bagley, 

300 



FORKS LODE. 




George M. Willing, 

Locator. 600 Feet. 


Lots. 

South. 

Feet. 

Lots. 

North. 

Feet. 

No. 1. 

C. Willing, 

800 

No. 1. 

M. Champion, 

300 

“ 2. 

Joseph Andrews, 

300 

“ 2. 

Green Adams, 

300 

“ 3. 

W. 0. Stoddard, 

300 




“ 4. 

John D. Bagley, 

300 




“ 5. 

Charles Crump, 

300 




“ 6. 

Geo. K. Smith, 

300 




“ 7. 

William Little, 

300 






WILLING LODE. 




George M. Willing, 

Jjocator. 600 Feet. 


Lots. 

South, 

Feet. 

Lots. 

North. 

Feet. 

No. 1. 

C. Willing, 

300 

No. 1. 

M. Champion, 

300 

“ 2. 

W. 0. Stoddard, 

300 

“ 2. 

John II. Schenck, 

300 

“ 3. 

John D. Bagley, 

300 




“ 4. 

Charles Crump, 

300 




“ 5. 

Geo. K. Smith, 

300 




“ 6. 

William Little, 

300 






BLACK SWAN LODE. 




George M. Willing, 

Locator. 600 Feet. 


Lots. 

South. 

Feet. 

Lots. 

North. 

Feet. 

No. 1. 

Joseph Andrews, 

300 

No. 1. 

John D. Bagley, 

300 

“ 2. 

C. Willing, 

300 

“ 2. 

Charles Crump, 

300 

“ 3. 

W. 0. Stoddard, 

300 

“ 3. 

Geo. K. Smith, 

300 




“ 4. 

William Little, 

300 




“ 5. 

M. Champion,- 

300 




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UNO LODE. 


George M. Willing , Locator. 600 Feet. 


Lots. 

South. 

Feet. 

Lots. 

North. 

Feet. 

No. 1. 

Joseph Andrews, 

300 

No. 1. 

Geo. K. Smith, 

300 

“ 2. 

C. Willing, 

300 

“ 2. 

M. Champion, 

300 

“ 3 

W. 0. Stoddard, 

300 

“ 3. 

John C. Martin, 

300 

“ 4. 

John D. Bagley, 

300 




“ S. 

Charles Crump, 

300 






PAGDON LODE. 




George 

' M. Willin g, 

Locator. 600 Feet. 


Lots. 

North. 

Feet. 

Lots. 

South. 

Feet. 

No. 1. 

C. Willing, 

300 

No. 1. 

W. O. Stoddard, 

300 

“ 2. 

John C. Martin, 

300 

“ 2. 

Geo. K. Smith, 

300 

“ 3. 

John H. Schenck, 

300 

“ 3. 

Charles Crump, 

300 

“ 4. 

Joseph Andrews, 

300 

“ 4. 

M. Champion, 

300 

“ 5. 

John D. Bagley, 

300 

“ 5. 

Wm. H. Stevens, 

300 



WIGWAM LODE. 




George 

M. Willing, 

Locator. 600 

Feet. 


Lots. 

North. 

Feet. 

Lots. 

South. 

Feet 

No 1. 

C. Willing, 

300 

No. 1. 

W. O. Stoddard, 

300 

“ 2. 

John C. Martin, 

300 

“ 2. 

Geo. K. Smith, 

300 

“ 3. 

J. H. Schenck, 

300 ' 

“ 3. 

Charles Crump, 

300 

“ 4. 

Jos. Andrews, 

300 

“ 4. 

M. Champion, 

300 

“ 5. 

J. D. Bagley, 

300 

“ 5. 

W. H. Stevens, 

300 


GREAT EASTERN LODE. 




George 31. Willing, Locator. 600 Feet. 


Lots. 

North. 

Feet. 

Lots. 

South. 

Feet. 

No. 1. 

C. Willing, 

300 

No. 1. 

Wm. O. Stoddard, 

300 

U O 

J. C. Martin, 

300 

“ 2. 

Geo. K. Smith, 

300 

“ 3. 

J. H. Schenck, 

300 

“ 3. 

Charles Crump, 

300 

“ 4. 

Jos. Andrews, 

300 

“ 4. 

M. Champion, 

300 

“ 5. 

J. D. Bagley, 

300 

“ 5. 

W. H. Stevens, 

300 



AZTEC 

LODE. 




George 

31. Willing , Locator. 600 Feet. 


Lots. 

North. 

Feet. 

Lots. 

South. 

Feet. 

No. 1. 

C. Willing, 

300 

No. 1. 

W. O. Stoddard, 

300 

“ 2. 

J. C. Martin, 

300 

“ 2. 

Geo K. Smith, 

300 

“ 3. 

J. W. Schenck, 

300 

“ 3. 

Charles Crump, 

300 

“ 4. 

Jos. Andrews, 

300 

“ 4. 

M. Champion, 

300 

“ 5. 

J. D. Bagley, 

300 

“ 5. 

W. IT. Stevens, 

300 


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OUTSIDE LODE. 


George M. Willing , Locator. 600 Feet. 


Lots. 

North. 

Feet. 

Lots. 

South. 

Feet. 

No. 1. 

C. Willing, 

300 

No. 1. 

W. O. Stoddard, 

300 

“ 2. 

J. C. Martin, 

300 

“ 2. 

Geo. K. Smith, 

300 

“ 3. 

J H. Schenck, 

300 

“ 3. 

Charles Crump, 

300 

“ 4. 

Jos. Andrews, 

300 

“ 4. 

M. Champion, 

300 

“ 5. 

J. G. Bagley, 

300 

“ 5. 

W T . H. Stevens, 

300 



HOPE 

LODE. 




George M. Willing , 

Locator. 600 Feet. 


Lots. 

North. 

Feet. 

Lots. 

South. 

Feet. 

No. 1. 

C. Willing, 

300 

No. 1. 

W. O. Stoddard, 

300 

“ 2. 

J. H. Andrews, 

300 

“ 2. 

J. H. Schenck, 

300 

“ 3. 

Geo. K. Smith, 

300 

“ 3. 

C. Crump, 

300 

“ 4. 

M. Champion, 

300 

“ 4. 

J. D. Bagley, 

300 




“ 5. 

J. C. Martin, 

300 




“ 6. 

W. H. Stevens, 

300 




“ 7. 

Samuel Black, 

300 



GREENWOOD LODE. 




George M. Willing , Locator. 600 Feet. 


Lots. 

North. 

Feet. 

Lots. 

South. 

Feet 

No. 1. 

C. Willing, 

300 

No. 1. 

W. O. Stoddard, 

300 

“ 2 

Jos. Andrews, 

300 

o 

J. H. Schenck, 

300 

“ 3. 

Geo. K. Smith, 

300 

“ 3. 

C. Crump, 

300 

“ 4. 

M. Champion, 

300 

“ 4. 

J. G. Bagley, 

300 




“ 5. 

J. C. Martin, 

300 




“ 6. 

W. H. Stevens, 

300 




“ 7. 

Samuel Black, 

300 


By the above proceeding, the various lots were allotted and located, 


in the names of the said George M. Willing as locator, C. Willing, 
Wm. 0. Stoddard, William Little, George K. Smith, Charles Crump, 
Marcus Champion, John D. Bagley, Joseph Andrews, Green Adams, 
John H. Schenck, John C. Martin, William H. Stevens and Samuel 
Black. 

1866 Letter of Attorney. Executedby George K. Smith and William Lit- 

January 13. tie to George M. Willing, authorizing him to sell and convey all and 
Certified 

copy of re- singular their right and title to any mines, lands, claims confirmed to 
^rad^haw him as a member of the Willing^ Mining and Exploring Expedition 
M trkt S pro- S * * n Bradshaw Mining District, Yavapai County, Arizona, 
duced. Acknowledged by George K. Smith same date. 




r? 

< 

Letter of Attorney. Green Adams to George M. Willing, authoriz¬ 
ing him to sell and convey all his right, title, and interest to and in 
mines, lands, &c., in the said Bradshaw Mining District. 
Acknowledged, March 12, 1866. 


1866. 

February 15. 
Certified 
copy of re¬ 
cord from 
Bradshaw 
Mining Dis¬ 
trict pro¬ 
duced. 


Letter of Attorney. John H. Schenck to George M. Willing, 
authorizing him to sell and convey all his right and title to any 
mines, lands, claims confirmed to him as a member of the Willing 
Mining and Exploring Expedition in the said Bradshaw Mining 
District. 

Acknowledged same day. 

Deed, executed by Cecilius Willing, Joseph H. Andrews, and Samuel 
Black to George M. Willing, his heirs and assigns, for all their right, 
title, and interest to and in the said claims in the said Bradshaw 
Mining District. 

Acknowledged same day. 

Filed for Record, January 18, 1866. 

Letter of Attorney. Charles Crump to George M. Willing, authoriz¬ 
ing him to sell, convey, and form companies for his interest in such 
mines and lands as are recorded to him in the said Bradshaw Mining 
District. 

Letter of Attorney. John C. Martin to George M. Willing, authoriz¬ 
ing him to sell and convey any and all mines, lands, and improve¬ 
ments confirmed to him by decree or otherwise, under the name of 
the Willing Mining and Exploring Expedition Company in Arizona. 

Acknowledged same day. 

Letter of Attorney. Marcus Champion to George M. Willing, 
authorizing him to use his name in locating claims, and disposing of 
them as he might deem best for the interest of his Exploring Ex¬ 
pedition. 

Filed for Record, January 1, 1866. 

By writing filed for record, dated January 27, 1866, William H. 
Stevens disclaimed any interest or connection with the euterprize 
whatever. 

Recorded, February 1, 1866. 


1866. 

February 19. 
Certified 
copy of re¬ 
cord from 
Bradshaw 
Mining Dis¬ 
trict pro¬ 
duced. 

1866. 

January 15. 

Certified 
copy of re¬ 
cord from 
Bradshaw 
Mining Dis¬ 
trict pro¬ 
duced. 

1865. 

January 20. 

Certified 
copy of re¬ 
cord from 
Bradshaw 
Mining Dis¬ 
trict pro¬ 
duced. 

1866. 

January 16. 
Certified 
copy of re¬ 
cord from 
Bradshaw 
Mining Dis¬ 
trict pro¬ 
duced. 

1864. 
May 3. 
Certified 
copy of re 
cord from 
Bradshaw 
Mining Dis¬ 
trict pro¬ 
duced. 

1866. 

January 27. 
Certified 
copy of re¬ 
cord from- 
Bradshaw 
Mining Dis¬ 
trict pro¬ 
duced. 


1866. 


Letter of Attorney. John D. Bagley to George M. Willing, authoriz- January 24. 

• • Ccrtifisd 

ing him to sell and convey all his right and title in and to all and any copy 0 f re 


mines, lands, claims confirmed to him as a member of the Willing ”w 

Mining and Exploring Expedition in the Bradshaw Mining District. Mi t n | r ‘ t K ® is ' 
Acknowledged same date. duced. 


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1866. Deed. George M. Willing and Wife, and William 0. Stoddard, to 
I produced. 7 ' ^ ie Bradshaw Gold and Silver Mining Compauy of Arizona, for the 
following Lots and Claims, inter alia, viz: 

No. 1. The White Swan Lode, being the Discovery Lot and Lots 
Nos. 1, 2 and 3 south, and Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 north of said Pre¬ 
emption and Discovery. 

No. 2. The Pre-emption and Discovery Lots on the lode called the 
Forks Lode ; and Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 south from the Pre¬ 
emption and Discovery, and Lots Nos. 1 and 2 north. 

m - 

No. 3. The Willing Lode'Discovery and Pre emption Lots, and Lots 
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 south, and Lots Nos. 1 and 2 north of said 
Discovery and Pre emption. 

No. 4. The Black Swan Lode Discovery Lots, and Lots Nos. 1, 2 
and 3 south, and Lots Nos. 1. 2, 3, 4 and 5.north from said Discovery 
and Pre-emption. 

No. 5. The Uno Lode Discovery Lots and Pre-emption north of said 
Discovery, and Lots Nos 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 south of said Discovery and 
Pre-emption Lots, and Lots Nos 1, 2 and 3 north of said Discovery. 

No. 6. The Pagdon Lode Discovery and Pre-emption Lots, and Lots 
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 north, and Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 south from 
said Discovery and Pre emption. 

No. 7. The Wigwam Lode Discovery and Pre-emption, and Lots 
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 north, and lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 south of 
said Discovery and-Pre-emption. 

No. 8. The Great Eastern Lode Discovery Pre-emption, and Lots 
Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 north, and Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 south of 
said Discovery and Pre-emption. 

No. 9. The Aztec Lode Discovery and Pre emption, and Lots Nos. 
1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 north, and Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 south of said 
Discovery and Pre-emption. 

No. 10. The Outside Lode Discovery and Pre-emption Lots, and 
Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 north, and Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 south 
of said Discovery Lots and Pre-emption. 

No. 11. The Hope Lode Discovery and Pre-emption, and Lots 
Nos. 1 2, 3 and 4 north, and Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 south 
of said Discovery and Pre-emption. 

No 12. The Greenwood Lode Discovery and Pre-emption, and Lots 
Nos. 1, 2, 3 and 4 north, and Lots Nos 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 south 
of said Discovery and Pre emption. 

Togethor with the one-half part of the pertinencia of one hundred 
and sixty acres as auxiliary lands to the said mines. 

Acknowledged by G. M. Wiiling and Wife the same date, and by 
William 0. Stoddard, March 6, 1806. 



REPORT 

OF THE 



ON THE MINES OF EIIE 



anb Sillier 



OF 






Hon. Green Adams, 

President of the Bradshaio Gold Silver Mining Company of Arizona. 

Sir :—In accordance with your request, I have the honor to 
submit to you the following facts relative to the property of the 
Company, of which you are the President, that you should be 

minutely informed of the condition and the value of the Com- 

•/ 

pany’s property, and the most approved means by which the 
Company may realize from the same. 

In a letter to 0. H. P. Conover, Esq., Secretary of the Com¬ 
pany, from the Hon. John N. Goodwin, late Governor of 
Arizona, now Delegate from Arizona to the Congress of the 
United States, says, “ that he is personally acquainted with the 
Company’s property, and that the lodes are the richest and 
largest in the Territory, and the facilities for working the mines 
are unsurpassed,” and the voluminous testimony which is at the 
command of the Board and in the hands of the President, 
establishing beyond a doubt the magnitude of this vast estate. 

I desire to impress upon each Director, the President and 
Vice President, the immensity and incalculable wealth contained 








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within the limits of the property deeded to the Company in the 
Bradshaw Mining District, Arizona, the New Catorce Mine on 
Owens River, California, and the Indian Springs District, the 
Lounsbery Lode, and also to give you the plan of operations 
which I have decided upon, and submit to you and other mem¬ 
bers of the Board for approval. 

The mines of the Bradshaw District are at present the most 
available. There are, as the prospectus declares, over 50,000 
tons of ore now out and ready for the reducing works; this ore 
will average $100 to the ton, $60 more than the Comstock 
Lode in Nevada yields to the ton, and upon which are situated 
the Gould and Curry, Ophir, Hale and Norcross, Crown Point, 
and other mines, worked upon that lode, and from which such 
princely dividends are now declared monthly; that the mines of 
the Company will exceed the products of these mines, if properly 
managed, there is not the slightest doubt. 

COMMUNICATION WITH THE MINES. 

The mines of the Bradshaw Company are reached by a water 
communication, via the Gulf of California and the Colorado 
River to the town of La Paz, one hundred and eighty miles from 
the mines. The road from La Paz to the mines is level and 
easy, with wood, water and grass all the way in abundance.- 
The Company’s teams will do all the hauling to the mines at 
little cost, therefore the cost of transportation will be at least 
two-thirds less than to the mines of Nevada, Colorado, Idaho or 
Montana. Material can be shipped either from the Eastern 
States or from San Francisco. Steamers ply upon the Colorado 
constantly, giving every facility for transporting material and 
supplies. 

Expresses from Prescott to San Francisco, meet Wells, Fargo 
& Co.’s Express at San Barnandino, California, and stages 
and mail routes are also established and in successful opera 
tion East and West. 


o 

O 

PLAN OF OPERATING THE MINES. 

To make the operations of the Company a success, and to be 
independent in carrying them out, will require an economical 
use of the Company’s funds, and making available the natural 
resources which surround the mines. 

1st. The Bradshaw District contains a large area of arable 
lands, which, with little cost, can be placed under cultivalion and 
thus supply the people who operate—with grain, vegetables and 
meats—at a cost much less than can be transported from a 
distance. 

2, The District being situated sixty-five miles from any 
commercial town of note, in order to keep the miners and other 
persons in the employ of the Company, it will be necessary for 
the Company to have a full assortment of such goods , wares and 
general merchandise as is best suited to their wants. If this is 
not done, the employees, as is the case in all mining regions, 
will from time to time desert the work of the Company to get 
such supplies. Besides, the Company having these goods to 
supply the miners, will realize a profit therefrom varying from 
100 to 300 per cent., and in many ways facilitate the successful 
operations of the Company. 

The Company should have also cattle, sheep and hogs, and 
everything pertaining to a farm in the stock line, from which its 
operatives could gain a support in subsistance. 

Fruit trees will flourish on any part of the Company’s grounds, 
and I should recommend when the time and opportunity would 
permit, that such trees should be planted for the benefit and use 
of the Company. The fruits of peaches, pears, apples and grapes, 
mature very quick in this climate, and are of a superior quality. 

I recommend that eighteen months’ provisions be taken out 
from the East, with the exception of flour and some of the 
perishable kinds of food, which can be purchased at lower figures 
in the State of California and the Mexican States. The vessel 
that takes out the machinery can purchase such articles at some 
port on the Pacific nearer the point of destination. 




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MACHINERY. 

The kind of machinery which I deem the most prudent to 
take to these mines, is that which experience has taught to be 
the best, and that class also which is now paying the large 
dividends in Colorado and Nevada—these are Stamps—with 
Friesburgh pans arid amalgamators. 

This kind of machinery has not as yet been permanently 
superceded by any of the numerous patents and new devices for 
separating the metals, nor has any of these new modes been suc¬ 
cessfully applied in reducing the ores. The Gates Stamp Mill, 
or those on a similar plan, have proven to be the best mills so 
far, and I recommend their use in this instance until the new 
processes shall have been thoroughly tested. I do not consider 
it advisable for the Company to experiment, when there is a 
certainty in the machinery now being used with success. 

The explorations of the Company’s Mines in the Bradshaw 
District, show an accumulation of paying ores to the amount of 
upwards of 50,000 tons. A 48 stump mill will crush in the 
course of a year not more than 30,000 tons, if the average is 
even $50 per ton, the yield of the mills will not be less than 
$1,500,000, say $500,000 for expense, you have one million for 
dividends, or 100 per cent, upon the capital stock; but. I have 
no hesitation in saying, from the thorough tests I subjected the 
ores to, that they will yield not less than $100 per ton. 

The ores of the Bradshaw I classify as follows : 

1st Class Ores ranging from $6,000 to $60,000 per ton. 


2d 

u 

44 

44 

44 

2,000 

44 

10,000 

44 

3d 

u 

44 

44 

44 

1,000 

44 

3,000 

44 

4th 

u 

44 

44 

.4 

700 

. 4 

2,000 

44 

5th 

u 

44 

44 

44 

300 

44 

1,000 

44 

6th 

u 

44 

44 

44 

100 

44 

500 

44 

7th 

4 4 

44 

44 

44 

75 

44 

200 

44 

8 th 

44 

(4 

44 

44 

50 

44 

100 

44 

9th 

44 

44 

44 

44 

25 

44 

50 

44 

10th 

44 

44 

44 

t » 

5 

4 4 

25 

44 


5 


* 


The ores to the 8th Class will be worked by the Company. 
These will be selected from the ores already taken from the 
mines the cost ot mining for the first year being obviated. 

I estimate the result of a 46 stamp-mill the first ,year, a 96 
stamp-mill the second year, and a 400 stamp-mill the third year. 
I place the estimate at $50 per ton, which is one-half the amount, 
taken from the rude arrastras by which all the veins have been 
tested, and the classes of ores ranging from one to four not 
calculated. 


A 48 Stamp-Mill, one year, proceeds, 
Less cost of running, 

Net profits, 

A 96 Stamp-Mill, one year, proceeds, 
Less expenses, 


A 400 Stamp Mill, one year, proceeds, 
Less expenses, 


. $1,500,000 
500,000 

. $1,000,000 

. $2,970,000 
700,000 

$2,270,000 

$12,000,000 

1,350.000 


Net proceeds from 400 Stamps at $50 per ton, $10,650,000 


Now, a 10 stamp-mill will just about pay the expenses, and 
a 48 stamp-mill can be run with about the same expense. 

The Company does not own a foot of mines but which is work¬ 
able; and the estimate is one foot to each stamp ; so that the 
Company may work upon a thousand feet of the Forks, the 
Hope, the Greenwood, or any of the other lodes, a thousand 
stamps, with success and great profit. 

The successful working of the ores, on any of the Company’s 
mines, rests entirely upon the amount and kind of machinery, 
and the management of the same. 

With a 48 stamp-mill to commence with, and with sufficient 


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6 


supplies of every kind at hand and owned by the Company, I 
have no hesitancy in saying the first year will give a dividend of 
50 per cent, and the additional machinery needed. 

The second year, with a 96 stamp-mill, will give a dividend 
of 150 per cent, and the necessary funds to put up, or augment 
to, 400 stamps, and the running of which will give the dividend 
of 1,000 per cent. 

To run a 10 stamp-mill, and do all the necessany mining, cut¬ 
ting of timber, herding and wagoning, will require about thirty 
men—or perhaps forty. To run a 48 stamp-mill, will only 
require forty-eight men. To run a 400 stamp-mill will only 
require three hundred men. These calculations are from expe¬ 
rience. The first and second years of the Company’s operations 
but few regular miners will be employed, because the rock is 
already out to furnish the mill ; therefore but a few miners are 
necessary to sink upon the shafts already begun, to such a depth 
that stoping or running of galleries can be commenced; so that 
when the rock already out is exhausted, it will be supplied from 
the galleries in the mines. 

Explorations by continued mining are absolutely necessary in 
carryiug on the operations of the Company, and to do so, the 
work must be commensurate with the mine operated upon, to 
make large dividends. Thousands of tons of rock, now in sight, 
lie useless, for the want of machinery. When this machinery is 
supplied, the Company at once becomes opulent. Its stock¬ 
holders are confident of its great value, when they receive the 
tangible evidence in its bullion. 

For the present no adits will be necessary, the mere sinking 
upon the shafts already opened or commenced, and the running 
in on the principal veins, is all that is required, so extensive are 
the crops of all the veinstones now belonging to the Company. 
I recommend, therefore, a speedy action of the Board, in placing 
at the disposal of your Superintendent the funds necessary for 
the successful operation upon the property, in order that he may 
complete the necessary machinery, and have it in running order, 


that by January, 186T, the first shipment of bullion may be 
made, and the status of these mines established, which, I under¬ 
take to say will, and cannot fail to, place them alongside the 
great dividend-paying Comstock Lode of Nevada. Furnished 
with such facilities as are here enumerated, your Superintendent, 
from the accurate knowledge he has of the Company’s property, 
has no hesitation in saying, that better results will ensue than 
the estimate herewith submitted. 

The mining property belonging to the Company in California, 
near the Owens river, is valuable, and as soon as the Company 
can conveniently do so, I should recommerld definite action to be 
taken for its working. At present, the working of the mines of 
the Bradshaw District have superior advantages for immediate 
profits, and the Company can afterwards be in a better condition 
to attend to their mine. The same applies to the Lounsberry 
Lode, in the Indian Springs District, both 0 / which mines are 
good and permanent, and rich in the finer metals. 

The following points I would most urgently request the Board 
of Directors to take especial note of: 

First .—The Company are now in possession of a very large 
estate. In each district in which their property is located, it is 
compact—not scattered. First, the Bradshaw District, it has 
40,800 feet of permanent and extraordinary rich mines, sufficient 
to employ, profitably, 20,000 operatives to work it to its full 
capacity, and to augment its capital by raising additional com¬ 
panies to the amount of capital stock in the aggregate of one 
hundred million of dollars , all of which is free to the holders of 
stock in the Bradshaw Company, pro rata to the amount of stock 
held by them. 

Second .—The Company has the advantage of good tillable 
lands, on some of which two crops may be raised the same year, 
with boundless pasturage, unsurpassed in the world—with boun¬ 
tiful supply of wood and water—immense beds of salt and soda 
near at hand—and in close proximity to the Pacific Ocean—a 


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natural channel to all commercial points, and near the line 
of the Southern Pacific Railroad, now under process of rapid 
construction. 

Third. It has upwards of 50,000 tons of rock in sight, and 
seven mines fnlly developed, and placed, beyond a doubt, among 
the great dividend-paying mines of the continent. 

Fourth. —It has 3,600 feet upon the great new Catorce Gold 
and Silver Mine, from 110 to 200 feet wide, being chloride of 
silver in mass, and the Lounsbery Lode, 6,000 linear feet, to all 
of which the Company have acquired perfect title. 

If the machinery and accompanying material can be furnished 
me by the 15th of June next, I am confident I can ship a suffi- 
tient amount of bullion to the East, by the 1st day January, 
1867, to make the first dividend. 

Your Superintendent indulges in the hope that the necessary 
machinery, material and funds, will be placed at his disposal at 
an early day, to commence operations on these extraordinary 
developments of the natural resources of the Company’s property. 

I am, with much respect, 

Your obedient servant, 

GEO. M. WILLING, 

General Superintendent and Mining 
Engineer of the Bradshaw Gold and 
Silver Mining Company of Arizona. 


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